The Book Shire

4 stars

American Panda by Gloria Chao

"Honesty is sometimes misconstrued as rudeness, which is probably why it's so rare." If you've ever struggled to live up to the expectations of others, while [...]

Saint Death by Marcus Sedgwick

It’s very hard to review this book because I WANTED to love it the way I loved Blood Red Snow White and while I think that Saint Death is every bit as [...]

My Last Lament by James William Brown

This was an intriguing portrayal of WWII – there are certainly not many books sent in Greece during this time period, so the second I read the blurb I knew [...]

The Hidden Memory of Objects by Danielle Mages Amato

What a surprising gem this book is! You think you’re getting one thing – a YA mystery with maybe a hint of the mystical - when really you are getting so [...]

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz

UGH. I have such complicated feels about this book. First off, I’ll admit it: I went into The Inexplicable Logic of My Life with HIGH expectations. I [...]

How to Catch a Killer by Sheryl Scarborough

There isn’t anything I love more than a book that hooks you from page one and doesn’t let go. That’s how I felt about How to Catch a Killer. Even [...]

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne

You know a book is going to tug at all of your heartstrings when it is written by John Boyne (who wrote The Boy in the Striped Pajamas). So I went into The Boy [...]

Teach Me to Forget by Erica Chapman

You know a book is going to be intense when it starts out with a literal “bang.” Ellery has a gun and she is absolutely not afraid to use it – in fact, [...]

*Blog Tour* Freeks by Amanda Hocking

As anyone who knows me will tell you, I LOVE magical-realism and circus books - so it's no wonder that I was eager to pick up Amanda [...]